Sampling strategies for super-resolution in multi-slice MRI

A comparison study is presented of two methods for MRI reconstruction using super-resolution techniques which combine multiple multi-slice stacks into a single high- resolution 3-D image volume. Sampling configurations are compared involving stacks with parallel orientations at different sub-pixel offset locations, and stacks with regularly distributed slice orientations. Results from experiments with simulated and real MRI data suggest that different stack orientations perform better than parallel stacks.